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Youth Empowerment Program
PO Box 1510
Pembroke, NC 28372

Phone: 910.522.5738/5737
Fax: 910.522.5780
Email: yep@uncp.edu

Location: Dogwood Building
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The goal of UNC Pembroke's Youth Empowerment Program is to reduce unhealthy behaviors in at-risk minority populations, and to strengthen protective or resiliency factors among a cohort of 40 American Indian and other minority youth and their families. UNCP partners with Communities in Schools Robeson County Academy (CIS), Robeson County Health Department, and The Healing Lodge to implement the program.

CIS serves as the main center for implementing the year round program activities which consist of the five distinct elements: an after-school enrichment program, service learning/life skills development, a parent/enrichment program, “Super Saturdays”, and a three-week summer institute.

The after-school component is held for three hours on Tuesday and Thursdays afternoons, and offers homework assistance, tutoring focused on math and reading comprehension, critical thinking skills, and journal writing.

 

Updated: Wednesday, April 11, 2007

 

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